Facilitator Profile

The trainer is the Director of Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Centre and the Director of the Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering of the University of Stuttgart (Germany). He holds previous employments with LINDE AG, BASF AG, The University of Surrey (England) and the University of Auckland (New Zealand). He is considered one of the world-leading experts on heat exchanger fouling with more than 25 years of theoretical, experimental and industrial experience in this field. Some of his client list include

Since 2001, He has been the chairman of the highly successful international conference series on Heat Exchanger Fouling. He has also taught numerous courses on heat exchanger fouling to industrial participants from New Zealand, Australia, England and Germany.



Awards & Recognitions

• More than 500 publications in books, journals and conference proceedings
• Bauxite & Alumina Award, TMS Conf. 1992, 1993
• Best Paper/Poster in Heat Exchanger Session, 10th Int. Heat Transfer Conference, Brighton, U.K., 1994
• Light Metals Award, TMS 1995
• Beilby Medal and Prize for substantial work of exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science and energy efficiency, 1994
• Mike Ackrill Memorial Trophy 1996, U.K. Heat Transfer Society
• Best Paper Award 1999, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
• President EUROTHERM
• Executive Committee, Int. Center for Heat & Mass Transfer
• Associate Editor, Heat Transfer Engineering
• Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering and Processing, International Journal Heat & Fluid Flow, Developments in Chemical Engineering, International Journal of Energy Research, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

• Understand the effects of deposit formation on design, operation and cost of heat exchangers
• Learn about the mechanisms of deposit formation and how they are affected by the operating conditions in heat exchangers
• Do example calculations for several fouling problems
• Find out how different heat exchanger types are affected by fouling
• Hear about the solutions to typical fouling problems in a number of processing industries
• Obtain unbiased information about mechanical and chemical fouling mitigation methods
• Obtain unbiased information about mechanical and chemical heat exchanger cleaning methods
• Discuss you fouling problems with experts
• Reduce capital and operating costs of heat exchanging equipment through improved design and operation
• Acquire the knowledge to make the right decisions on heat exchanger types, mitigation and cleaning techniques
• Become informed about the latest research results on novel fouling mitigation techniques

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